Roadmonkeytj Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Dramatis Personae: Spoiler Additional Cast: Capitan Larvey After convincing his long time friend Gustaf Von Bricktin to Loan him a ship and finding that very ship detained on its maiden voyage... He finds himself trapped on a beautiful Isla and his grog rations are running out. Hammond While in freeport he heard of The Drunken Monkey taking on crew he had sailed with Larvey before and knew he was a drunk but a great Capitan ... Unless he was sober then he was a bitter angry man. Hammond was a good at weaponry and would often set the hour glass and see how many times he could rebuild his musket before the sand ran out. Monty A frenchman by birth he had sailed with Gustaf and was one of his trusted men. He recived post to meet The Drunken Monkey in Freeport as he needed a good set of eyes on his new ship. To say he was good with a blade was to say the ocean was barely salty. Matchstick He had sailed with Larvey for a long time even though he was still young he had become an expert gunner and was a bit of a firebug ... He had lost his eye when some heavy shot tore through the ship sending splinters flying. Some say its made his aim more focused as he sights in the big guns Cookie He was the ships cook and a man you didn't cross. Rumor had it he dabbled in Alchemy but no one dared ask. Previously, At Fuerte Unido, Isla de Victoria, Eslandola... Capitan Larvey I was told your the go to man for large scale fermentation the new plant we discovered. Ferm ... T.. What are you going on about is this more of your science lady Glycol? Why yes it seems Im really on to something here the product seems to contain certain hallucinagantic properties that when yo... Let me stop you there I've got no use for your science just give me the sea. My Science has produced the next greatest liquor Capitan Larvey! Booze? Well why didn't you just say so ... I'll get started right away lil lady Glycol So after searching the Capitain Discovered a perfect location he bribed payed the local powers that be the licencing fees for his distillery production was soon underway. Here you see Hammond and Monty returning from the Jungle with more raw ingredients Larvey and his crew loiter around keeping away the riff raff ... Or are they the riff raff ... You can see even the local monkeys love this stuff. An overview of the distillery. The local powers that be are inspecting ... Well one is the other seems to be thirsty. Capitain Larvey added a contraption called a thumper. And two worms in cold water to speed up production. Here Cookie mixes up a new batch of mash Here you see matchstick tending to the boiler fire A toast gentlemen ... And err lady. Man I sure am thirsty.... Spoiler And lastly a shot with no figs OOC: this will be licenced as a medium factory this was a fun build ... Sadly i had to pul the stickers off my cement mixer but the effect was well worth it I think. To be continued ... Comments and criticisms are all welcome! Edited January 31, 2018 by Roadmonkeytj Edited for reasons ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwatchi Posted February 3, 2018 I knew this had been posted, but I couldn't find it! It got lost in the challenge entries. I believe I mentioned in PMs that I really like this effort. The build is solid (I saw the technique on the door arch... nice) and I like the colour choices. The distillery apparatus is quite awesome in design and authenticity. You tied it into our storyline beautifully too. Overall it is a great MOC. I noted you used a two-tone backdrop in the photo. You still have a lot of shadows though. Rather than buy/move lamps, do you have a big window where you get natural light? I "cheat" and use the sun to brighten my photos, and use a lamp to reduce back shadows. Not perfect by any means ofc. Maybe an option for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roadmonkeytj Posted February 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Kwatchi said: I knew this had been posted, but I couldn't find it! It got lost in the challenge entries. I believe I mentioned in PMs that I really like this effort. The build is solid (I saw the technique on the door arch... nice) and I like the colour choices. The distillery apparatus is quite awesome in design and authenticity. You tied it into our storyline beautifully too. Overall it is a great MOC. I noted you used a two-tone backdrop in the photo. You still have a lot of shadows though. Rather than buy/move lamps, do you have a big window where you get natural light? I "cheat" and use the sun to brighten my photos, and use a lamp to reduce back shadows. Not perfect by any means ofc. Maybe an option for you. Unfortunately there is not much "natural light" when I take my photos since i work an off shift i build in the twilight hours lol i actually have heavy curtains over the windows so lighting is my downfall ... I need to get a couple of positionable lights... My other challenge is i have to photograph when my boys are sleeping otherwise i have trucks and little fingers in the shots lol. The build was really fun ... I actually struggled for a min on how ... Rather what bricks to use for the still. My city concrete mixer saved the day though ... I actually struggled with the Lyne Arm and Neck ... I just couldn't come up with a combination of elements that looked right the old palm tree trunk really worked out well IMHO. The arch was a last min addition as well as a few other small details im sure you can spot from the pre-changes picture in the pms ... I was wanting to keep it a clean look as all the pictures I've seen of "colonial factories" have a lack of ornate details. As far as the story I really Tried to tie it together with the style Pombe started out with ... And gracefully loaned Professor Glycol to do so Share this post Link to post Share on other sites